Graduate Certificate in Environmental Engineering in Washington, D.C. United States | George Washington University

The certificate program in environmental engineering is particularly appropriate for individuals interested in the areas of hazardous waste remediation and water/wastewater treatment. Upon completion of the program, students should be able to:

Design, analyze, and evaluate systems for hazardous waste remediation and water/wastewater treatment.
Understand basic concepts of water, air, and terrestrial environments and interrelationships among them, as well as the basic concepts of environment and health, water and wastewater systems, and legal and regulatory controls.
Apply principles of environmental chemistry and microbiology and to perform assessments of environmental quality and impacts.
Apply their understanding of commonly used processes for water and wastewater treatment, such as sedimentation, coagulation, filtration, disinfection, gas transfer, activated sludge, trickling filters, oxidation ponds, sorption, and sludge stabilization and disposal.
Perform engineering design in at least one of the following areas: hazardous waste remediation, advanced technologies in environmental engineering, and environmental impact assessment.